After the Funeral

By Agatha Christie

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell

Following the interment of Richard Abernethie, his sister Cora blurts out that he was surely murdered. The next day, she is found dead.

Starring John Moffat as Hercule Poirot. Frank Thornton as Mr Entwhistle, and John Baddeley as Inspector Morton.

Miss Gilchrist: Jennifer Piercey

Helen Abernethie: Tessa Worsley

Maud Abernethie: Jill Balcon

Timothy Abernethie: John Hartley

Susan Banks: Fritha Goodey

Gregory Banks: Trevor Rawlins

Rosamund Shane: Tilly Gaunt

Michael Shane: Tam Williams

George Crossfield: Ian Masters

Directed by Enyd Williams

The Saturday Play:

Sat 28th Aug 1999

15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.

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